FIRST INVESTORS SERIES FUND, 497J, 1998-05-04

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497J, 1998-05-04

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FIRST INVESTORS SERIES FUND
95 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
(212) 858-8126



                                                     May 4, 1998




Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, DC 20549

                  Re:  First Investors Series Fund
                           File Nos. 33-25623 and 811-5690

Gentlemen:

         Pursuant to Rule 497(j) of the  Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), First Investors Series Fund (the "Fund") hereby certifies:

         (1) The form of Prospectuses  and Statements of Additional  Information
that would have been filed under Rule 497(c) of the Act would not have  differed
from  that  contained  in   Post-Effective   Amendment  No.  23  to  the  Fund's
Registration Statement,  the most recent Post-Effective Amendment filed with the
Commission; and

         (2)  The  text  of   Post-Effective   Amendment   No.   23  was   filed
electronically with the Commission.

                                           Very truly yours,

                                           FIRST INVESTORS SERIES
                                           FUND


                                           By:/s/C. Durso
                                              -----------------------------
                                                   C. Durso, Vice President